Seminars
February 2011
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Radiation Heat Transfer in a Suspension of Reacting Particles
Andreas ZGraggen,
Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering,
ETH Zurich,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Parallelism and Time in Hierarchical Self-Assembly
David Doty,
postdoctoral scholar on computing and mathematical sciences,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Interacting Quantum Field Theories from Cold Atoms
Jiannis Pachos,
reader in theoretical physics,
University of Leeds,
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
8:00am
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2/8
5:00pm
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar
Polar Codes and Power Blackouts
Edmund Yeh,
associate professor of electrical engineering, computer science, and statistics,
Yale University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Defining and Scaling Coupled Hydrological-biogeochemical Processes Responsible for the Worlds Largest Mass Poisoning
Benjamin David Kocar,
postdoctoral fellow,
Stanford University,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Nanotechnology for Sustainability: Environment, Water and Climate
Mamadou Diallo,
visiting associate in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
Friday, February 4th, 2011
10:00am
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11:00am
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Investigation of the Noise Source in High-Speed Jets
Dimitri Papamoschou,
UC Irvine,
4:00pm
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6:00pm
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6:00pm
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Monday, February 7th, 2011
4:00pm
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4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
The Mathematics of Crime Hotspots
Martin Short,
assistant adjunct professor of mathematics,
UCLA,
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Controlling the Onset of Turbulence by Streamwise Traveling Waves
Rashad Moarref,
professor of electrical and computer engineering,
University of Minnesota,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
The Complexity of Simple Programs
Damien Woods,
postdoctoral scholar in computing and mathematical sciences,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Optical Continuous-Variable Cluster States
Nicolas Menicucci,
postdoctoral researcher,
Perimeter Institute,
Wednesday, February 9th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
On the Impact of Ocean Heat Transport in Warm and Cold Climates
Brian Rose,
postdoctoral fellow in atmospheric sciences,
University of Washington,
8:00pm
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9:00pm
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Thursday, February 10th, 2011
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
A Solar Cell Primer: From the Sun to the Lab to the Market
Dan Turner-Evans,
Caltech,
Friday, February 11th, 2011
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Yuan-Cheng (Bert) Fung Lecture in Aerospace
Probing Mechanical Principles of Cell-Material Interactions
Huajian Gao,
professor of engineering,
Brown University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Rigorous Systems Research Group (RSRG) Seminar
Next Generation Warning and Alerting Systems
Nalini Venkatasubramanian,
professor of computer science,
UC Irvine,
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, February 12th, 2011
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Monday, February 14th, 2011
9:00am
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9:01am
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Dark Computation in the Neocortex: How the Power of the Neocortex May Mostly Reside in 'Invisible' Dendritic Computations
Bartlett Mel,
associate professor of biomedical engineering,
USC,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Fast Algorithms for Oscillatory Kernels
Lexing Ying,
associate professor of mathematics and ICES,
the University of Texas at Austin,
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Novel Materials for Energy Conservation and CO2 Remediation Systems
Amin Salehi-Khojin,
postdoctoral fellow in chemical and biomolecular engineering,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Living at the Edge of the Smart Grid: Empowering Personal Energy Systems
Eve Schooler,
principal engineer,
Intel Research,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantifying the Relation Between Work and Information-recent Results Using the Smooth Entropy Approach
Oscar Dahlsten,
research fellow,
Centre for Quantum Technologies,
National University of Singapore,
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Direct CO2 Capture from Air Using Moisture Swing Absorption
Klaus Lackner,
professor of geophysics, Earth, and environmental engineering,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Nanoscience of Advanced Bulk Thermoelectrics
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis,
professor of chemistry,
Northwestern University,
Thursday, February 17th, 2011
9:00am
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10:00am
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
From Crust to Core, GRAIL Reveals the Lunar Interior
Sami Asmar,
GRAIL Deputy Project Scientist,
JPL,
Friday, February 18th, 2011
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Exploring Heat Transfer at the Nanoscale in Thermoelectric Materials
Austin Minnich,
graduate student in mechanical engineering,
MIT,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Vibration Reduction for Turbomachinery Bladed Disks under Changing Excitation using Piezoelectric Materials
George A. Lesieutre,
Penn State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Rigorous Systems Research Group (RSRG) Seminar
A Non-cooperative Perspective of 'Cooperative' Communications
Rahul Jain,
assistant professor of electrical engineering and industrial and systems engineering,
USC,
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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10:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado, the Vosloh Forum (south of Colorado on Bonnie)
From Crust to Core, GRAIL Reveals the Lunar Interior
Sami Asmar,
GRAIL Deputy Project Scientist,
JPL,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, February 19th, 2011
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, February 20th, 2011
2:30pm
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4:30pm
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3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, February 21st, 2011
8:00am
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Multiscale Computational Simulation of Progressive Building Collapse
Sherif El-Tawil,
professor of civil and environmental engineering,
University of Michigan,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage: Creating a Sustainable Energy Future
Sossina Haile,
professor of materials science and chemical engineering,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Sustainability Lecture
Thermochemical Fuels
Sossina Haile,
professor of materials science and chemical engineering,
Caltech,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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